Firefly Aerospace will upgrade its Alpha launch vehicle, making changes intended to improve the reliability of a rocket that ...

The planned Block II upgrades set to launch on Alpha Flight 8 include the following: Increased length and structural strength: Increasing Alpha’s length from approximately 97 feet to 104 feet with ...

An illustration of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha on the same pad at Wallops Island, Virginia, used by the Antares rocket. Credit: Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace announced June 24 it ...

Update for 12:15 a.m. ET on March 15: Firefly has called off the planned March 15 liftoff attempt due to an issue with the launch range. No new target date has been announced. Firefly Aerospace will ...

When: Launch window spans from 6:37 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. Sunday, according to Firefly. If needed, the team has backup opportunities for the same time period daily through Thursday. The Texas-based ...

Firefly Aerospace launched its two-stage Alpha rocket from California early Tuesday, but something went wrong about two-and-a-half minutes into the flight, rendering the rocket unable to deploy an ...